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Taylor County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 66% of the vote for governor in Taylor County. The margin is 14.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Taylor County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
64.2%27,400
James Talarico
33.1%14,125
Ted Brown
2.7%1,148
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
66.4%28,362
Gina Hinojosa
31.6%13,494
Pat Dixon
2.0%873
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Taylor County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 3, 9:41 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +32.0R +50.3D +18.3
TX GovernorR +35.5R +50.3D +14.8
TX-19R +40.2R +50.3D +10.1

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Taylor County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris24.6%Donald Trump74.4%R +49.855,340
2020Joe Biden26.4%Donald Trump71.6%R +45.255,230
2016Hillary Clinton22.0%Donald Trump72.7%R +50.645,759
2012Barack Obama22.5%Mitt Romney76.1%R +53.543,263
2008Barack Obama26.8%John McCain72.3%R +45.647,439
2004John Kerry22.1%George W. Bush77.3%R +55.248,099
2000Al Gore24.4%George W. Bush73.7%R +49.343,020

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +0.6.

Other counties in Texas

Texas results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Texas certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Texas's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.